The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Greenstreet.1]

Pintail,temminckii and Katherine the katoi jumped out the box into the tank before I could get a pic

 

[JakeK]

Some better stills of the red-head.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Some better stills of the red-head.

Very nice! I don't see any corals. Is it considered reef safe?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Very nice! I don't see any corals. Is it considered reef safe?

They are safe with corals, but may eat cuc as they grow.

 

[JakeK]

Very nice! I don't see any corals. Is it considered reef safe?

No corals just yet. Acquiring the red head and the equipment needed to set up this tank wiped out my savings for a while. I'll start with corals in the spring.

They are coral safe but like eatbreakfast said, some CUC could be on the menu. Mine eats like a pig so I'm hoping that regular feedings of meaty foods will help keep it away from the snails and such.

 

[eatbreakfast]

No corals just yet. Acquiring the red head and the equipment needed to set up this tank wiped out my savings for a while. I'll start with corals in the spring.

They are coral safe but like eatbreakfast said, some CUC could be on the menu. Mine eats like a pig so I'm hoping that regular feedings of meaty foods will help keep it away from the snails and such.

Mine don't touch my cuc, but it is a risk.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

No corals just yet. Acquiring the red head and the equipment needed to set up this tank wiped out my savings for a while. I'll start with corals in the spring.

They are coral safe but like eatbreakfast said, some CUC could be on the menu. Mine eats like a pig so I'm hoping that regular feedings of meaty foods will help keep it away from the snails and such.

Cool! That may be on my list. I'll have do a little saving up myself.

 

[Bryce Peterson]

They are safe with corals, but may eat cuc as they grow.

Thanks for the info eatbreakfast!

 

[Slm222]

Which way do most people on this thread go fairy or flasher?

 

[saltyhog]

Both! Plus leopards. Plus Halichoeres......and maybe a couple of other genus as well.:D

 

[Raven312]

Well, somehow I fell for a Melanarus. See them all the time and never paid attention until this one. Very inquisitive, beautiful (of course), acclimated very easily, and my Potters didn't give him any trouble.

 

[Slm222]

I like flashers the most, fell in love with my first McCosker's. But Fairys are starting to grow on me. BiPartus too. Then the Halichoeres of course for their inquisitive nature.

 

[tj w]

Ok guys, can someone id this fairy wrasse please. Im pretty sure its a blue sided but not 100 percent sure

 

[eatbreakfast]

Ok guys, can someone id this fairy wrasse please. Im pretty sure its a blue sided but not 100 percent sure

Yes, male C. cyanopleura.

 

[tj w]

Thank you

 

[Paul87]

Well, somehow I fell for a Melanarus. See them all the time and never paid attention until this one. Very inquisitive, beautiful (of course), acclimated very easily, and my Potters didn't give him any trouble.

I absolutely love my melanurus. Great personality.

 

[Quick]

Just ordered this guy off divers den to replace my poor McCosker's who jumped out of the tank when I had the top off for cleaning and didn't find in time.. Still feel pretty bad about that one. Hopefully my Naoko's and Blue Flasher play nice.

 

[cbrennan4]

My LFS has been getting some really nice fish in lately and I couldn't help myself:)

 

[Bryce Peterson]

Saw this beauty at Aquatic Dreams and Beyond in Spokane. I would have bought it, but I wasn't sure it would get along with my standard Leopard. Anybody have experience with mixing leopards?

 

[fragit]

Hello wrasse lovers!! I'm in the planning stages of an 80gal mixed reef heavy on the SPS. I'm beginning to think about live stock. I originally was thinking about going with like 6 anthias of some kind. However after looking through some of this thread there are really beautiful wrasse selections that look like they do well with SPS. So here you go stock my tank. Dimensions 30x24x24, 40 gal refugium, 30gal sump.